A team of twelve scientists and support staff has arrived on Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica in the second stage of an ambitious research project to investigate why the glacier is retreating faster than any other in the world. Funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, the iSTAR programme brings together leading scientists from… Read more »
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International symposium on contemporary ice-sheet dynamics
The International Glaciological Society has announced the “International Symposium on Contemporary Ice-Sheet Dynamics: ocean interaction, meltwater and non-linear effects“, due to be held on 17–22 August 2015, in Cambridge.
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Data from research cruise analysed
iSTAR cruise update This year’s iSTAR research cruise has been hailed a success by project leaders. Twenty-four scientists and engineers set sail, from Punta Arenas in Chile, on the RRS James Clark Ross at the end of January. Less than a week later they arrived in Pine Island Bay to carry out the ocean related… Read more »
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UKPN Workshop for Polar Marine Science
A polar marine science workshop will be hosted at the University of East Anglia in Norwich on the 29th – 31st July 2014. The workshop is an interdisciplinary meeting of early career researching all aspects of marine sciences in the polar regions. The deadline for registration is 21 May.
Read Full »New research on Pine Island Glacier published
New research has been published suggesting Pine Island Glacier will continue thinning at its current rate for decades to come. The study, a collaborative project funded by NERC, also suggests the Glacier thinned rapidly 8000 years ago. You can read more here: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=2514
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